Yep! The cartels own the Mexican president just like they own the rest of the government.
Yessir. There's millions of US treasury notes
headed south daily in secret compartments
of various vehicles going right through the
checkpoints. Just here in the hood there's
dozens of fly-by-night "body shops " working
24/7 on "customers " vehicles.
A casual observer wouldn't notice, but there's
not enough people around here with 2 quarters
to rub together, let alone pay for repairs and
keep all the shops open.
Lots of 24 hour tire shops too.
Coincidentally, one of the most common
smuggling methods is filling a spare tire with
contraband materials for the trip either way